Osteoarthritis in hands

flatcoatdino

Hi My name is Anne and I was and am a very busy working person living in a village near Witney Oxfordshire. I'm 68 years old. After fracturing my humerus ( have had several fractures over the years) 2 of hands/wrists and both left and right humerus, have found myself diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both hands as well as osteopenia. All of which I find pretty depressing as well as quite debilitating. Not hugely painful but very inconvenient and aching. My consultant Rheumatologist advised that I have a functional assessment from a hand therapist. Just wondering if anyone on this forum can recommend one who is relatively local (happy to go to London as well) my postcode is OX29 7SH and happy to drive up to 80 miles. Many thanks. Anne

Chris_R

Hi @flatcoatdino

Welcome to the online community great you are posting on the forum.

You say that after various fractures in both hands and right humerus you were diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both hands and osteopenia.You have found everything debilitating and depressing.You have also been recommended to consult a hand therapist by your Rheumatologists and you wonder if anyone knows of one near London and 80 miles away driving.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoporosis/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/who-will-treat-you/hand-therapists/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/news/2021/september/arthritis-and-depression-what-you-can-do-about-it/

Hope these links help you,please keep in touch and tell us how you are getting on and do chat on our forums you will be amongst friends who understand what you are going through as we all have forms of arthritis.

Take care and hope you stay in touch Christine

frogmorton

Gosh Anne @flatcoatdino I hope you will be able to find someone. I can't remember anyone asking this question before.

I would definitely start by asking your GP to refer you to a Hand specialist or Occupational therapist. They can help you move forwards then I am sure.

If you get time to let us know what happens I would be interested though

Take care